Fury Nano vs 390X?

[Gdourado]

Hello, how are you? 

Wondering about this. 

With the recent price cuts, cost is about the same. 

The fury has the full 4096 stream core but due to the 175w power limit it may throttle. 

How does it handle in real life? 

With a custom fan profile in afterburner and raised power limit, can the Nano keep the 1000 MHz core even under full load? 

Also, how would performance be against an overclockers 390x tri-x with 1160 core and 6800 memory? 

 

Cheers and thanks 

[Morgan MLGman]

Fury Nano should be faster and run cooler, it's actually an efficient card

[KemoKa]

It's binned to run at 175W. The only throttling you experience comes from the tiny cooler, and even then sometimes it can even keep it reasonably cool. If you put a water block on one, it won't throttle at all. It'll basically be a Fury X.

[Arwanell]

no, nano drops to about 850Mhz most of the time

but it's still faster than the 390x

it's on pair with the Fury

if you watercool it however, it should reach near FuryX

[Gdourado]

6 minutes ago, Arwanell said:

no, nano drops to about 850Mhz most of the time

but it's still faster than the 390x

it's on pair with the Fury

if you watercool it however, it should reach near FuryX

Does this happen even if you set a more aggressive fan profile at the cost of some extra noise? 

[ReesZRB]

11 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Fury Nano should be faster and run cooler, it's actually an efficient card

Actually it throttles on it's cooler

[Morgan MLGman]

Just now, ReesZRB said:

Actually it throttles on it's cooler

Not because it gets "hotter" than a 390X though.

[imkinger]

4 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Not because it gets "hotter" than a 390X though.

still a better card then the 390x

its a tier above it,should be better.

and AIO GPU liquid coolers are kinda easy to get these days.

[i_build_nanosuits]

GTX 980

[Vivilacqua1]

6 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

GTX 980

 

EDit- That changed my emoji. imagine this without the space     : /

[Guest]

I'd probably go 980 unless you have a freesync monitor. 

 

AMD's offerings in that price range are not as competitive as their lower tier offerings. 

 

390x performance over 390 is meh. nano thermal throttles. I really like the nano, but wish there was an easy way to keep it performing at 100%

[Arwanell]

35 minutes ago, Gdourado said:

Does this happen even if you set a more aggressive fan profile at the cost of some extra noise? 

i don't beleive it would make much of a difference if you do that

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

I'd take a Fury Nitro over the Nano. Its a somewhat actual "overclockers dream".

[afyeung]

It doesn't make sense to buy a 390x at this point. It's an inefficient GPU based off of a 2+ year old architecture. It's powerful, but it will be outclassed by the newer GPUs in both efficiency and performance. Not to mention it's not that great over the 390 in terms of price to performance. The only reason why I have a 390x is because I got it for $150 new. But I still had to spend an arm and a leg to keep the darn thing cool. 

[jcastro_805]

Get a normal Fury (The air cooled one) instead of the Fury Nano. It has a similar price but performs better, but between the two I'd recommend the Fury Nano over the 390x any day

[afyeung]

37 minutes ago, jcastro_805 said:

Get a normal Fury (The air cooled one) instead of the Fury Nano. It has a similar price but performs better, but between the two I'd recommend the Fury Nano over the 390x any day

The nano and the 390x are in different price brackets though. The 390x is a bit below $400 while the nano is $500. I'd spend a tiny bit more and just get the Fury unless its for an itx build.

[imkinger]

On 2/4/2016 at 9:21 PM, afyeung said:

The nano and the 390x are in different price brackets though. The 390x is a bit below $400 while the nano is $500. I'd spend a tiny bit more and just get the Fury unless its for an itx build.

a Fury would still fit in an itx build

so as a titan X.

[afyeung]

1 hour ago, imkinger said:

a Fury would still fit in an itx build

so as a titan X.

You're right. Basically all cases, even the smaller ones are fit for full size graphics cards. I'd use the Fury Nano for a custom tiny case like LTT did with the fallout 4 build. 

[imkinger]

3 minutes ago, afyeung said:

You're right. Basically all cases, even the smaller ones are fit for full size graphics cards. I'd use the Fury Nano for a custom tiny case like LTT did with the fallout 4 build. 

Which most people dont have,so going full blown coolers would not be a bad idea,Tough I think somecases are better with a blower style cooler.

[afyeung]

42 minutes ago, imkinger said:

Which most people dont have,so going full blown coolers would not be a bad idea,Tough I think somecases are better with a blower style cooler.

Yep. Blower style coolers keep less heat from going to other components but you usually sacrifice lower GPU temps

[imkinger]

On 2/6/2016 at 9:22 PM, afyeung said:

Yep. Blower style coolers keep less heat from going to other components but you usually sacrifice lower GPU temps

I saw a video from linus where he actually said that some cases would benefit more from a blower style cooler then a none refrence one like G1.

oh and still stick with the 390x